FTSE Russell, the global index provider, and CanDeal DNA, a leading provider of Canadian over-the-counter financial market data solutions, have agreed to a 10-year extension for the use of CanDeal DNA’s Fixed Income Pricing in FTSE Canada Indices.
The new arrangement, effective immediately, includes expansion of the partnership into additional data, index and portfolio analytics with both partners committed to developing a next-generation Fixed Income analytics solution. This will be fully integrated with FTSE Canada indices and powered by CanDeal DNA’s pricing, security master, and analytics calculation libraries.
The multi-year partnership will:
- Extend the use of CanDeal DNA best-in-class pricing services for FTSE Canada Fixed Income Indices
- Expand CanDeal DNA Pricing coverage available via FTSE FastQuote+
- Expand the scope of CanDeal DNA products licensed by FTSE Canada, including CanDeal DNA Security Master and CanDeal DNA Trademarks product
Marina Mets, Head of Americas, Fixed Income at FTSE Russell, said:
“We are delighted to be extending our long-standing partnership with CanDeal DNA. With a growing need for high-quality domestic data and analytics, our deeper collaboration with CanDeal ensures the FTSE Canada index ecosystem remains underpinned by best-in-class pricing and unified reference data and analytics.”
Andre Craig, President, CanDeal DNA, said:
“Our long-term partnership with FTSE Russell has benefited global participants in the Canadian fixed income markets and we believe the opportunity to work together to deliver our universe of data products and build a modernized portfolio analytics platform is a natural next step. We look forward to sharing details of how we are moving forward starting immediately.”
The expanded partnership between CanDeal DNA and FTSE Russell reinforces a shared commitment to strengthening Canada’s fixed income market through trusted data, integrated analytics, comprehensive indexing capabilities, and continued innovation that meets the evolving needs of global market participants.
